The word flagrant usually means obvious or conspicuous. So, if it was a "flagrant misuse of funds"... it would mean that it was an obvious one, something they probably didn't even try to cover up. Here's a dictionary definition for further review: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/flagrant.
You are looking for this word: egregious: flagrant, glaring, outrageous
Inflexible personality.
Flagrant means to be so obviously bad or wrong that it's painful to see. "Mrs. Malaprop's flagrant misuse of the language became legendary to her peers." " President Bush's misuse of his powers was a flagrant violation of law." "John's cooking was a flagrant abuse of good ingredients."
It is an intentional and unnessecary foul, commited usually when a player is frustrated by the score of the game.
Everyone stayed indoors after the flagrant attack.
Crossing against the light shows a flagrant disregard for the law.
My boss is very inflexible when it comes to changing our work schedule.
The noun form of "flagrant" is "flagrance" or "flagrancy". Both are rarely used.
amazing conspicuously offensive, as in a flagrant foul in basketball. Amazing is not the correct definition, as it is a neutral word, while the word "flagrant" has a distinctively negative connotation
Kéraban the Inflexible was created in 1883.
I'm sorry, but this mandate remains inflexible.